Joey MacDonald

Breaking news folks, the Islanders have signed free agent goaltender Martin Biron to a one year contract worth $1.4 million dollars. This is all according to the New York Post. There was speculation that on-the-mend all star netminder Rick DiPietro… Continue Reading →

Tonight is one of my favorite match ups, if not for the mere fact that we are playing the Capitals – a team that has always given them fits, but also because they get to see Alexander Ovechkin. Ovie has… Continue Reading →

Everything we do as Islanders fans the last few years has been some sort of a “watch”. Last season fans were obsessed with the “Stamkos Watch” – this obviously didn’t work out favorably for the team – finishing with the… Continue Reading →

It’s amazing sometimes what happens when you subtract a few players close to the deadline. It seems that it really unites the remainder of the team and they support each other even more – as well as give a solid… Continue Reading →

Tonight’s game is a special one, not because we are playing the Devils in an meaningless inter-conference game – but because it is Town of Hempstead night at the Coliseum! For those who may not have heard, there were recent… Continue Reading →

History tends to repeat itself with these two close New York hockey rivals. The teams, regardless of their current place in the standings, state of the franchise or how poor/well they are playing ALWAYS bring their A games when playing… Continue Reading →

Just got out of Greg Logan’s chat where he broke some extremely bad new regarding veteran Doug Weight. Weight was injured in last nights game in New Jersey – this marks the third time this season that Weight will miss… Continue Reading →

No, that is not a misprint. It seems that the Islanders have encountered one of the best festivals in sunny Tampa this weekend. It’s called the Gasparilla festival and it involves pirates, pirate ships, pirate wenches, beer, liquor and all… Continue Reading →

It seems that no matter how much we would prefer that the Islanders remain at the very bottom of the standings to secure the best chance to finish with that valuable-to-rebuild first overall pick – that they are actually learning,… Continue Reading →

Well this is unfortunate, yet not completely unexpected news. Center Mike Sillinger, who played in only seven games this season will not be returning to the Islanders for the remainder of the season following a second hip surgery completed today.… Continue Reading →

This has been a busy week all around, for both the Islanders and myself personally. Work has been insanely busy, I worked last weekend and I am set to work again tomorrow – I love the overtime, it just keeps… Continue Reading →